Improvement in stove-dampers



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Stove-Damper.

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N. PETERS, FHOTO-UTHORAPHER, WASHINGTON. D, Q

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JAFEW S. VAN BUREN, OF WEST TROY, NEW YORK.

IM PROVEMENT IN STOVE-DAM PERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,321, dated June 25,1878; application filed April 19, 1878.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAFEW S. VAN BUREN, of the village of West Troy,county of Albany, and State of New York, have invented a new andusefulImprovementin Stove-Dampers; and I do hereby declare that the followin gis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing,making a part of this specification, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The drawing Figure 1 is a perspective View of the damper, damper-rod,and side supports. The drawing Fig. 2 is a perspective view of acooking-stove having the top plate, which is shown in dotted line,removed, and illustrates the method of applying the damper.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts.

My invention relates to a damper for stoves and consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of devices designed to constitute animproved stove-damper, which shall be easy to operate and repair in caseof injury, and which shall present a full free opening to the exit-pipefor the escape of the smoke and gases, and which shall effectually closethe opening when it is desired to divert the products of combustionaround the oven of the stove.

The letters A A of the drawings. designate the side supports to thedamper, upon which are cast inclined flanges, forming ways 0 C. Theseways serve the purpose of guides for the raising or dropping the damperB.

The handle or damper-rod 0 has upon one end a hook, T, which passesthrough the openingw in the damper B. To operate the damper, draw outthe rod 0,

and the damper B falls from a nearly perpen- J. S. VAN BUREN.

Witnesses:

WM. J. DUNN, E. RAFTERY.

